Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Ron Marz’s Prophecy!

We love Ron Marz here at Funnybooks. It’s been a while since we’ve had a guest on the show, so what better way to get back into the swing of things than to chat with friend of the podcast Ron about his newest project, Prophecy, from Dynamite Entertainment, now on comic shelves everywhere?  The massive event loops in most of Dynamite’s most popular properties, as well as some of the most popular literary characters of all time, in a storyline that has them taking on the Mayan Doomsday prophecy of 2012.

In addition to Prophecy, we also talk to him about the uber-excellent Artifacts, Shinku, and the ends of his runs on Magdalena and Voodoo.  Always a great interview, definitely check this out, and run to the store to pick up Artifacts and Prophecy!

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Written on June 5th, 2012 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , , , , ,
Funnybooks Interview: Raven Gregory

We’re big fans of Raven Gregory on Funnybooks.  We’ve spoken about his latest titles, Fly and The Theater, with much love because they’re just damn good books that you should definitely check out.

Sad thing, though?  We’ve never had Raven on the show.  We’ve only really been able to do interviews via e-mail due to his busy calendar.  Well…until now.

Raven and Paul get on the mic to discuss all of his latest goodies, including Fly, Theater, and Alice in Wonderland, the much anticipated prequel to his hugely successful Return to Wonderland trilogy.  Not only that, we get some exclusive news on The Waking 2, a sequel to a book that Raven never intended there to be a sequel to.  Plus, we chat about rum, and Raven realizes you can drop the f-bomb on our podcast about halfway into the interview.

Check it out!

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Written on December 2nd, 2011 , Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, New Comic Book Day Interviews Tags: ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: At long last… Matt Sturges Returns

Hard to believe, but it’s been two years since we last interviewed Matt Sturges.  In this episode, we play catch-up becayse Matt’s been up to a whole lot of stuff since 2009.  We discuss the finale to Jack of Fables, writing House of Mystery for Vertigo and Doctor Who for IDW.

We yammer about digital comics, the DC Reboot and Matt’s early geekery.

Plus in an Ideology of Madness/Funnybooks exclusive, Matt reveals his… wait… you’ll have to listen for that.

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Written on July 7th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts, Vertigo Tags: , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Brent Erwin of Ape Entertainment

A very special bonus interview this week as Paul chats with COO of Ape Entertainment, Brent Erwin.  You may be familiar with Ape Entertainment from their popular line of titles based off of Dreamworks properties such as MegaMind, Shrek, and Kung Fu Panda, or their new take on Richie Rich.

Brent Erwin is a 22-year veteran of the Comics Industry, having opened his first Comic Shop “Four Color Comics & Cards” in Waco, TX at age 19. Brent went on to become a Sales Representative for Diamond Comics Distributors, working with Acclaim Comics in New York City. Leaving Diamond Comics Distributors, Brent became a Marketing Coordinator for the direct market, under the authority of Fabian Nicieza, the Publisher of Acclaim Comics. Brent has also worked for Wizard Entertainment, known as publisher of the leading comics industry magazine “Wizard the Comics Magazine”. His position with Wizard was as Senior Advertising Account Manager.

In 1998, Brent launched SmallPressComics.com, an on-line community devoted to Small Press and Independent Comics. In 2003, comics devotees David Hedgecock and Mike Hall teamed with Brent and founded Ape Entertainment. They are publishers of high-quality original graphic novels, comic books, and illustrated fiction.

Stay tuned on Monday for a chance to win a signed copy of Ape Entertainment’s new Richie Rich comic!

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Written on June 24th, 2011 , Columns, Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Independent, New Comic Book Day Interviews
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Jim Starlin

One of the many pleasures of comic book podcasting is that you get to talk to amazingly talented people… and sometimes you get to talk to amazingly talented people who you’ve idolized for decades.  Such is the case with this week’s interview.

With a career in comics spanning 40 years, Jim Starlin was responsible for re-imagining such characters as Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock for Marvel… and then killed them.

He’s the fellow who gave us Thanos (who loves Death) and over at DC, he killed off Jason Todd in the now infamous A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Sensing a theme?

Currently, Jim Starlin is producing the third volume of his creator owned BREED over at Image Comics.  It’s a horror story centering on the activities of Ray Stoner who is half-demon, half-man.  Monstrous hijinks ensue.

Of course, Starlin was a pioneer in the realm of creator-owned content.

Starlin debuted his Vanth Dreadstar character in the serialized Metamorphosis Odyssey appearing in the pages of Marvel’s Epic Illustrated.  Beyond that initial serialized story, Dreadstar moved onto his own original graphic novel followed by a monthly under Marvel’s Epic banner followed by a series at First Comics and then a mini-series at Malibu.

And I ain’t the only one sporting a chubby for Big Jim.  Oh no, Paul has a deep and abiding love for all things Thanos and the Infinity gems.

Brother Starlin teases a little news in this episode about Dreadstar… and Thanos and a certain movie project.

Join our unabashed geek love fest as we adore Jim Starlin.

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Written on June 22nd, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , , , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Revenge of Ron Marz

Ron Marz returns to the show to talk about his all new, creator-owned project – Shinku.  Shipping this week from Image Comics, Shinku tells the tale of vampires both in modern-day and feudal Japan.  There are samurai, motorcyles and lots of bloody killing.  It’s a terrific book.

We also discuss Ron’s upcoming Green Lantern one-shot for DC, his experience on Thor for Marvel and – oh yes – his current work on Witchblade and Magdalena for Top Cow.

It’s another terrific interview with Ron Marz.

Listen now!

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Written on June 1st, 2011 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Daryl Gregory

The first thing you have to understand about Daryl Gregory is that despite all evidence to the contrary he is not in fact British.

I know, right?

The next thing you need to know about Daryl Gregory?  He’s writing two of the best comics around.  His Dracula: Company of Monsters is simply the best Dracula story since Wolfman and Colan’s Tomb of Dracula.  It is one of the finest, genuinely horrorific comics to see print in years.

His Planet of the Apes returns the franchise to the original continuity picking up where the fifth film, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, leaves off.  It’s a talking-monkey-aficionado’s dream come true.  It’s a terrific simian whodunit with all kinds of organic human.  We’re enjoying it so much, we’re finging poo!

Daryl’s writing some great stuff and we had a blast talking to him about it.  Even though he isn’t British.

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Written on May 17th, 2011 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Dan Slott

The truth of the matter is that Paul drug me to Amazing Spider-man kicking and screaming.  I hadn’t read the title in more than ten years and while I loved the character, I’d not been jazzed by a Spider-man story in a long while.

Then Paul introduced me to Spidey-scribe Dan Slott’s Big Time, the current story running in Amazing Spider-man.  Oh. My. God.

I said two things to Paul after reading the first book.

  1. “This book is freaking awesome,” and
  2. “We gotta get this Slott-guy on the show.”

Join our conversation with a very sleep deprived Dan Slott as we discuss all things web-headed including Big Time, using his spider-scribe powers for personal gain, Shattered Dimensions, and even Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-ham!

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Written on January 19th, 2011 , Comics, Marvel, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , ,
PHN 2010 & Funnybooks: David Hine!

In a special joint venture between Pauloween Horror Nights 2010 and Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, we’ve been talking to some awesome horror comic writers this month!  This week?  David Hine, writer of The Darkness: Four Horsemen from Top Cow Comics!

David Hine is the writer of many popular titles, includin g the Marvel mini series X-Men: The 198, Civil War: X-Men, and Silent War. He was also the writer of Spawn for Image comics from issues # 151 to # 184 .  He recently wrote the Arkham Asylum one-shot for the Batman Battle for the Cowl event, as well as the Arkham Reborn and Detective Comics follow-ups, chronicling Jeremiah Arkham’s decent into madness.

You can also catch more Hine-infused horror with Radical Comics’ FVZA: The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, and The Bulletproof Coffin with artist Shaky Kane from Image Comics!

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Written on October 27th, 2010 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, New Comic Book Day Interviews Tags: , , , , ,
PHN 2010 & Funnybooks: Dusty Higgins/Van Jensen!

Pinocchio is one angry little puppet.  His father has been killed, then turned into a vampire, and he’s lost everything…except the lies that turn his nose into a vampire killing stake!  This week, we talk to the creators of Pinocchio Vampire Slayer and its upcoming sequel, The Great Puppet Theater.

Dusty Higgins is the creator and artist behind Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer. He is an award winning illustrator and graphic artist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Van Jensen, the writer behind the graphic novels, segued from comic journalism to write the exploits of our favorite vampire killing puppet!

Find out why Pinocchio is so angry, how he hooks up with other vampire slaying puppets, and more in this awesome new interview!  And don’t forget to pick up Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theater on October 27th!

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Written on October 20th, 2010 , Columns, Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Independent, New Comic Book Day Interviews
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